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Gardens of the Moon by Steven Eriksonreviewed by Neil Walsh
This is an astounding debut fantasy novel. The world is fully realized and the
characters are people you want to spend time with. The world history is
tremendously complex, spanning hundreds of thousands of years. The character
histories and interactions are equally complex and interesting.
Unsurprisingly, it's only the first of The Tales of the Malazan Book of
the Fallen. There are 10 books planned in the "sequence," but each is intended
to be a stand-alone story.

The Phantom Menace written & directed by George Lucasreviewed by Rick Norwood
Our Babylon 5.1 columnist gives us his take on the new Star Wars movie.
In The Phantom Menace you will see wonders you have never seen before.

The Cowboy And The Vampire by Clark Hays and Kathleen McFallreviewed by Lisa DuMond
Go ahead. You're trying not to laugh at the title.
Let it out! It's funny and so is the book. Get a few pages into the book
and you'll be laughing with them, not at them. This is the story
John Carpenter's Vampires tried to be.

Waiting by Frank M. Robinsonreviewed by Greg L. Johnson
This is a near-future thriller based on all too plausible speculations in
anthropology and evolution. It begins when a man is murdered as he prepares
to publish an article about an autopsy performed on a body that didn't seem to
be human...

Forthcoming Bookscompiled by John O'Neill
Kristine Kathryn Rusch kicks off a new fantasy saga with The Black Queen, N. Lee Wood
arrives on the scene with a new fantasy, and we look at upcoming books from Charles Grant,
Arthur C. Clarke, Lynn Flewelling, Timothy Zahn, Jan Lars Jensen, Paul J. McAuley, James
Blaylock, and many others.

A Good Old-Fashioned Future by Bruce Sterlingreviewed by Ken Newquist
The title brings to mind stratospheric buildings, automated dog-runs, sky cars and
robots, robots, robots. Then there is a Bruce Sterling future -- a post-cyberpunk dystopia where the Western
powers are in decline or fighting to hold the line and technology has become the world's
greatest liberator and curse.

The Oracle Lips by Storm Constantinereviewed by Lisa DuMond
Storm Constantine is a name that should be familiar to most fans of dark
fantasy. If your wardrobe runs almost exclusively to black, and your make-up choice
is lead white, and if you've ever dyed your hair a completely unconvincing shade of
black, Constantine may well be a name that has influenced your lifestyle.

Mid-May Bookscompiled by John O'Neill
Michael Stackpole delves into the secrets of the Jedi in I, Jedi,
Bantam brings back classic Star Trek in James Blish's
Spock Must Die!, and Bruce Sterling, Piers Anthony, Jack L. Chalker, William Barton,
Rudy Rucker and many more land on the shelves with exciting new releases.

Analog, May 1999reviewed by A.L. Sirois
There's a reason Analog has been around so long: quality. Not necessarily overall quality, but a high
enough level that we're willing to skim over some of the rough places in order to get to the good stuff.

Babylon 5.1TV reviews by Rick Norwood
In his column, Rick has scoured the listings and found what is
recommended viewing for June 1999. Check it out and see if you agree.

Faith In The Flesh by Tim Lebbon and The Dreaming Pool by Gary Greenwoodreviewed by Lisa DuMond
Two very different books. Two very different authors. One recommendation: read them
both. Their horrific tales have something in common seldom seen in the horror genre
-- "real" people. Not tortured artists, or inbred human creatures, but
people you see and deal with everyday. Working folks who just happen to catch a bad break.

Aramaya by Jane Routleyreviewed by Jeri Wright
Dion Holyhands, The Demonslayer of Gallia, travels to the glorious land of
Aramaya with her friend Kitten in search of her missing niece Dally.
Braving winter storms in an attempt to escape the heartbreak
in her personal life, Dion vows to concentrate on finding Dally instead of dwelling on
the recent past.

New Magazinescompiled by John O'Neill
Looking for the best in new magazines? The FictionHome page has news, reviews and links
to the finest short fiction on the market, from SF magazines to anthologies
and collections.

The Wild Road and The Golden Cat by Gabriel Kingreviewed by Georges T. Dodds
If you're a cat lover or enjoy animal-based fantasy, read both books -- you'll find well developed
and complex animal characters that aren't tainted with human motives and reasoning. However,
understand that for this pleasure you will have to put up with a certain amount of mystical
dross, that may enhance the mystery of cat-ness, but other times obscures it.

Asimov's SF, May 1999reviewed by Ken Newquist
Some speculative fiction promises a bright, shining, optimistic future. You
won't find that kind of story in the May edition. Ranging from melancholy
to all-out depressing, these tales are not for those seeking a pick-me-up.
But they are quality, thought provoking stories.

Apocalypse Troll by David Weberreviewed by Peter D. Tillman
25th century humans have been at war with the alien
Kanga for centuries. The Kanga are on the ropes; in desperation they send a battle group
into Terra's past, to cut off the foe at the roots. The Terran Navy is soon in hot pursuit.

Half Magic by Edward Eagerreviewed by A.L. Sirois
There is a delightfully light-hearted manner in which Eager tells his adventures. There's
some swordplay and derring-do, and some onstage violence, but it is very
cartoonish and obviously not to be taken seriously. There is nothing here that will give nightmares to even
the most tremulous child.

Winterhold by Stephen Almekinderreviewed by Lisa DuMond
There are addictions to match every personality and every situation. Addictions
multiply in a stagnant society... or, maybe addictions result in a stagnant society.
On Winterhold, the race to dissolution is a contest between chemicals and rituals;
alone or united, they are capable of dragging the civilization into ruin.

Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Droids by Daniel Wallacereviewed by Jonathan Fesmire
After reading Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Droids, Jonathan almost wished these droids
were real. Not all of them, just some. The assassin droids can remain fictional.

The Town Cats and Other Tales by Lloyd Alexanderreviewed by A.L. Sirois
In this short volume, these fables introduce us to 8 cats that seem more human
than their human companions. This is a fairy-tale world, in which talking animals are the norm, and
the language is that of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen.

The Tooth Fairy by Graham Joycereviewed by David Soyka
The author furnishes a marvellous reminder of the inexplicable terrors that
lurk within the turbulent physical and emotional transformations of
adolescence. Those who remember it as some sort of Golden Age are
conveniently forgetting the acne, rejection, and peer cruelty that
characterizes this transitory awfulness of neither childhood nor adulthood.

Factoring Humanity by Robert J. Sawyerreviewed by Rodger Turner
In a reprise review to coincide with the paperback release, Rodger finds
this to be up to Sawyer's usual high standards. The author writes
interesting characters, fast-paced plotting with science threaded elegantly
into the straightforward prose. And he does it all with grace and style. In
this novel he's even found a way to make the format of technology as
important as the content.

Star Wars: I, Jedi by Michael A. Stackpolereviewed by Thomas F. Cunningham
In a reprise review to coincide with the paperback release,
Stackpole has already proven his adeptness at Star Wars tales
with the X-Wing series. This time he uses a little ILM
magic to brush in a new student amongst Luke Skywalker's budding Jedi
Knights, retelling part of the tale of the Jedi Academy. His
hero is Corran Horn, Corellian fighter pilot -- independent, hard-headed
and with a lust for adventure.

Heartfire by Orson Scott Cardreviewed by Steven H Silver
In a reprise review to coincide with the paperback release,
Steven feels that this long-awaited fifth book sets the Alvin
Maker series back on the right track. An overriding theme to
Heartfire is Card's examination of the degradation of people. By
looking for their heartfires, Alvin's wife Peggy discovers the vastly
different circumstances of the enslaved peoples she is struggling to free.

Heaven's Reach by David Brinreviewed by Mark Shainblum
In a reprise review to coincide with the paperback release, Mark finds David
Brin to be a writer of soaring imagination. In this third book in his
second Uplift trilogy, however, he has spun such an elaborate
tale, conceived so many characters, and cranked up the cosmic volume to such
a level that the reader is just left spinning.

Trinity Field Reports: Alien Races / Psi Laws by Bryant Durrella gaming module review by Don Bassingthwaite
Designed as field reports addressed to operatives of the Aeon Trinity, these are colourful,
bite-sized morsels of information. Each is devoted to a narrow area of the Trinity
setting, covering it with a fair degree of depth but leaving lots of room for individual storytellers to manoeuvre.

Trinityreviewed by Henry Harding
Welcome to the year 2120 AD! Things are a little unfamiliar, a little strange, a little
scary, as you might expect. Humanity's met several species of aliens; some friendly, most
aggressive. Humans have started to colonize space. On the everyday scale you can now
interface with your PC via an agent, have biotech claws implanted
under your fingernails for protection even wear organically grown clothing.

May Gamescompiled by John O'Neill
Over 30 new games and gaming novels pack our mid-May gaming round-up, including
a new boxed set for Dungeons and Dragons, FASA's Third Edition Shadowrun rules,
the latest in science fiction gaming -- including Battletech, Trinity and
Alternity -- and much more.